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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Couple Found Injured Man Dies Later

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 3

Gerald Frank Goodwin, aged about 64, died in Canterbury Hospital yesterday after having been found with his…

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Lane Cove River drowning

The Sun · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

A seven-year-old boy, Kevin Newton Fahey, of Bradfield Park, was drowned while swimming with…

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Cup Hope Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 20

Perth Cup winner, Kingscote, will not be a starter in the Sydney Cup for which he was heavily…

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Injured Favorite Improves

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 20

Sydney Cup favorite Fresh Boy's injured leg responded well to treatment…

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Two Injured by Runaway

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Mounting the footpath in George St. today, a car knocked down and injured two men, wrecked a…

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Rider injured at sideshow

The Sun · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Robert Crumpton, 21, was injured in the. sideshow "Wheel of Death" at the Showground today…

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Two Injured by Runaway

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Mounting the footpath in George St. today, a car knocked down and injured two men, wrecked a…

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Two Injured by Runaway

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Mounting the footpath in George St. today, a car knocked down and injured two men, wrecked a…

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Two Injured As Car Runs Riot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

SCENE at the corner of George and Dalley Sts., near Circular Quay, after a new sedan car had…

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Two Injured As Car Runs Riot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Mounting the footpath in George St. today, a car knocked down and injured two men, wrecked a paling fence enclosing a deep hole containing live wires, and crashed…

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Two Injured As Car Runs Riot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Mounting the footpath in George St. today, a car knocked down and injured two men, wrecked a paling fence enclosing a deep hole containing live wires, and crashed…

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Two Injured As Car Runs Riot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

SCENE at the corner of George and Dalley Sts., near Circular Quay, after a new sedan car had…

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30 Rescued From Surf, Few Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 6

Lifesavers rescued more than 30 surfers from drowning yesterday, when heavy seas ran at all Sydney beaches. Police and ambulance…

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Spell for injured Mine Host

The Sun · Sunday 28 March 1948 · page 10

SPEEDSTER, Mine Host was scratched from the Doncaster after he had trod on a stone leaving…

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Four Dead, 10 Hurt in Road Accidents

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1948 · page 32

Four persons were killed in motor accidents yesterday—a motor cyclist at Bathurst and three men in Melbourne—and two other Victorians died as a result of earlier accidents…

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2 Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

Missing since Friday, Brian Pickering (20), of Caulfield, Victoria, is believed to have been…

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2 Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

Missing since Friday, Brian Pickering (20), of Caulfield, Victoria, is believed to have been…

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Man Injured by Horse at Narrabeen

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

TONY GARITO (23), Homer St. Earlwood, suffered internal injuries and broken ribs when he was kicked in the…

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Man Injured by Horse at Narrabeen

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

TONY GARITO (23), Homer St. Earlwood, suffered internal injuries and broken ribs when he was kicked in the…

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Man Injured by Horse at Narrabeen

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

TONY GARITO (23), Homer St. Earlwood, suffered internal injuries and broken ribs when he was kicked in the…

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